Those of you who have been following Nate Murr’s Gripstop through its many manufacturers and iterations may remember that it was once offered for Picatinny rails in addition to the various direct-connect options that have been available along the way. The Picatinny Rail Gripstop is now available again and it boasts some improvements.
The new Picatinny Rail Gripstop is smaller in almost every direction compared to the original. The radiused grip area is shorter while still remaining more than large enough to support varying grip angles and use as a barricade stop. It is also narrower and shorter overall so it is both lighter and more compact on the rail.
The Picatinny Rail Gripstop is machined from 6061 aluminum and is available in Black or FDE. It weighs just 1.7 ounces.
Megiddo Tactical Group is offering the Surefire Warden Blast Regulator bundled with the compatible Surefire muzzle device of your choice at a special price and with free shipping. They also have more of the Surefire muzzle devices in stock than just about anywhere including the harder to find closed tine Warcomp.
To order, select your choice of Black or Desert Tan Warden. Then select the checkbox that corresponds to the muzzle device of your choice. Options include various models for 5.56 and 7.62 including Warcomps, SF3Ps, and SFMBs. Then click add to cart to see the final package price. Free shipping is applied automatically.
I just received some information from Swampfox Optics regarding some new circle dot reticles and green reticle illumination to be offered in their Kingslayer and Liberator dot sights. The green illumination, in particular, is something for which shooters have asked. As someone who sees green far better than red due to color blindness, I am glad to see options like this coming to market.
Here is some information direct from Swampfox Optics’ Product Marketing Director, Mike Branson:
We’ve added green and red circle dot options to Kingslayer and Liberator. Kingslayer features a 3 MOA center dot surrounded by a 65 MOA ring, and Liberator features a 2 MOA center dot surrounded by a 65 MOA ring, only the center dot is different between the two.
These are fun as hell on shotguns and ARs, but for me the best advantage is the speed of acquisition in the circle dot Kingslayer. One of the biggest problems for guys who are getting used to shooting dot sights is acquiring the dot from a pistol presentation. If your presentation isn’t really consistent you find yourself swirling around the muzzle of the pistol in a little cone until the dot finally pops into view. That’s why so many guys want co-witnessed iron sights as “training wheels” to help with initial alignment. Surrounding the dot with the ring really helps newbies because if you spot even the corner of the ring somewhere, anywhere in the window, you can use that to adjust yourself and find the center dot really fast compared to seeing nothing in the window at all. You can find your point of aim in a hurry! The guys who already have ten thousand rounds through a dot sight won’t need this advantage as much, but guys who are just starting to climb Pistol Dot Mountain are going to love it.
Price is the same as the 3 MOA red dot versions of the same optics. Same 50,000 round guarantee, same battery life, no BS. One odd difference is that the lens coating up front on the green ones looks silver or chrome instead of red. Has to be that way to reflect a green emitter properly, I think it looks cool. No real disadvantages, it’s just new reticle options that I heard people asking for and I wanted to respond to it.
These options are expected to be available within just a few days.
The Reptilia Black Hole™ Polymer Magwell for GLOCK® pistols is molded with high-strength, reinforced polymer. The Black Hole’s enlarged magazine well opening helps facilitate more efficient reloads without adding unnecessary bulk to your carry or duty sidearm. Compatible with 9mm & .40-caliber GLOCK pistols, the Black Hole utilizes a unique rear spacer to ensure seamless fit and compatibility with both Gen 3 & Gen 4 frames. Available immediately for GLOCK 19 and GLOCK 23, with GLOCK 17 variant shipping late 2019. Compatible with: GLOCK 19 – Generation 3 GLOCK 19 – Generation 4 (with and without back-straps) GLOCK 23 – Generation 3 GLOCK 23 – Generation 4 (with and without back-straps) Polymer80 – PR940C™ – Impact-Modified Reinforced Nylon – Custom Alloy steel screw – 0.28 oz – Made in USA
Mounting a modern 2-point tactical sling on an AR-15 is easy. Many stocks and handguards can accept a side-mounted sling by default or at least with the addition of readily available accessories. If you want to do the same thing on a rifle or shotgun with a traditional buttstock, it becomes a little more complicated… unless you know about a sling that has been around forever: the Safari-Tac Multipurpose Sling from Boonie Packer/Redi-Mag.
Overview
The Safari-Tac Multipurpose Sling is a 2-point sling that allows rifles and shotguns with traditional stocks with bottom mounted sling swivels to be carried across the front of the shooter in the same way a modern 2-point tactical sling would. It accomplishes this with a unique attachment method that requires no modification to the host rifle.
You can see the attachment method in this video:
Observations from Use
I’ve been using these slings for more than 12 years. They absolutely solve a common problem in a simple (and affordable way and I am ashamed that I haven’t reviewed this sling until now. This sling does not get enough credit.
The sling attaches via two hard plastic bars that can be tucked into standard sling swivels easy but can not slip back through without intentional manipulations. At the front, the sling just attaches to a button mounted swivel in a fairly standard way with the sling just running out from the bottom. The rear swivel is where the magic happens. The rear swivel is used as a stop that prevents a webbing loop that is wrapped around the buttstock from sliding forward and back. The sling is attached to the loop on the side of the buttstock rather than the swivel itself. This is what allows the rifle to be carried flat against the wearer’s chest.
This Safari-Tac has a plastic slider to adjust the length of the sling. This slider can be operated while the rifle is slung but I still wouldn’t quite call it is a “quick-adjust” sling. The slider is there to aid in length adjustment and for the sling’s use as a shooting aid more than it is for left/ride side transitions or cinching the rifle close to the wearer. It can be used for those purposes. Just don’t expect it to slide like a quick-adjust mechanism.
In addition to the 2-point sling functionality, the Safari-Tac can be used as a shooting aid. The slider creates a loop in the sling that can be looped onto the support arm to help the shooter build a more stable shooting position. This can be something of a lost art these days but it is very handy for those who know how to fully leverage the functionality.
This sling is excellent for bolt action rifles, shotguns, .22 rifles, and any other traditionally stocked weapon that you want to carry in a manner that keeps it comfortably away from a backpack and readily available. Shotgunners may find it especially useful as mounted a modern 2-point sling to a pump-action shotgun can be frustrating. I particularly like it for a longarm that I might carry while hiking like a shotgun or lever-action because it works so well with backpacks thanks to its flat, wide webbing and positioning.
Wrap Up
The Safari-Tac Multipurpose Sling likely pre-dates most of the modern 2-point slings that JTT readers are familiar with but that doesn’t diminish its relevance today. This sling is incredibly useful and solves a common problem in an elegant way. I should also mention that it also happens to be very affordable.
Check it out at the Boonie Packer/Redi-Mag website: Redi-Mag.com
NOTE: Be careful if you plan to purchase one. Boonie Packer/Redi-Mag make other slings with the term “Safari” in the name. I am sure those are fine sling too but this review and the functionality described pertains to the “Safari-Tac” sling.
